Chinese · Day 1 · Dim Sum & Yum Cha
饮茶飲茶
yǐn cháPinyin
to drink tea / to go for dim sum
verb / noun
The Cantonese culinary tradition of gathering at a restaurant to drink Chinese tea and eat a wide variety of dim sum delicacies. It functions as both a verb for the activity and a noun for the social brunch ritual itself.
In a sentence
李靖却不慌不忙，净手饮茶食果。
lǐ jìng què bù huāng bù máng jìng shǒu yǐn chá shí guǒ
Li Jing, remaining unhurried and composed, washed his hands and partook of the tea and fruit.